Description
As our Product Expert – Salads & Exotics, you will be our go-to champion for product quality, technical insight, and category knowledge. Working closely within our Technical & Product team, you will help guide seasonal product transitions, support quality intake standards, and provide engaging, hands-on learning for our operations and intake colleagues.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Champion food safety, quality, and product integrity across our blueberry and grape ranges.
- Provide supportive seasonal guidance, training, and skill-building for technical intake and packhouse teams.
- Oversee product freshness checks, shelf-life studies, quality reviews, and technical intake validations.
- Partner collaboratively with Procurement, At Source teams, Technical Managers, and Site Operations to explore category trends and nurture strong supplier relationships.
- Help ensure our product specifications and site guidelines align smoothly with safety standards, BRC expectations, and internal best practices.
- Use product insights and data to continuously improve quality, streamline intake processes, and solve technical challenges constructively.
We offer a range of benefits including:
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores
- Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
- Genuine career progression and development opportunities
- Subsidised staff canteen
- Free parking
- Competitive pension and life assurance
- Healthcare / Wellbeing benefits including Aviva Digital GP
- 'MyPerks' with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more
- Optional payroll charity donations
- A range of family-friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave